Parsing Immigration Policy
Center for Immigration Studies
A weekly discussion of immigration policy matters, both immediate and long-term, with researchers from the Center for Immigration Studies and guests.The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization. Since our founding in 1985 by Otis Graham Jr., we have pursued a single mission – providing immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.Listen to all episodes of Parsing Immigration Policy at Ricochet.com.
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Aug 11, 2022 • 44min
Solutions for Ending the Border Crisis and Creating an Effective Process for Removals from the Interior
More than a million migrants have been apprehended and released into the United States under the Biden administration. If got-aways – migrants who successfully evaded Border Patrol – and unaccompanied minors are added, the total is nearly two million. In today’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, experts discuss solutions to ending the border crisis and executing an effective interior... Source
Aug 4, 2022 • 33min
STEM: Science, Technology, Espionage, and Math
Does the large scale admission of foreign students from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) PRC, especially those in STEM fields, pose an economic or security threat to the United States? More than 317,000 Chinese students are present in the country today, representing over one-third of all foreign students. The PRC government considers every one of these students an intelligence asset... Source
Jul 28, 2022 • 34min
Why Have Immigration Laws?
View Podcast Archive Federal law places limits on immigration. What for? After all, there are those who advocate the free flow of people across borders, allowing unlimited immigration into the United States. This week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy addresses the reasons for immigration laws. Kent Lundgren, a retired career Border Patrol officer and a member of the Center’s board of... Source
Jul 21, 2022 • 29min
Is There a Scholarly Consensus that Immigration Benefits All Americans?
View Podcast Archive The costs and benefits of immigration are routinely measured and debated in academic journals with the conclusion that immigration has mixed effects. That conclusion comports with most people’s common-sense understanding of the issue. Nevertheless, many advocacy groups continue to cite a supposed academic “consensus” that immigration has only benefits. In this week’s episode... Source
Jul 14, 2022 • 34min
Panel: Fighting Biden in Court
View Podcast Archive The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 term is over, and its final ruling was on the “Remain in Mexico” case brought against the administration by the states of Texas and Missouri. But that is only one of a large number of immigration cases filed over the past year and a half since President Biden’s inauguration. The Center for Immigration Studies hosted a conversation on... Source
Jul 2, 2022 • 26min
Biden v. Texas: Remain in Mexico and the Bigger Questions
View Podcast Archive The Supreme Court finished its 2021-2022 term with the release of Biden v. Texas, a case brought against the administration by the states of Texas and Missouri. Most of the media attention has focused on the Court’s finding that the Biden administration may rescind the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) – often referred to as the “Remain in Mexico” – policy. Source
Jun 30, 2022 • 37min
Not Just Border-Jumpers
View Podcast Archive Some two million people have illegally crossed over the Southwest border and settled in the United States since President Biden’s inauguration. Americans see the images and are justifiably concerned. But unseen by Americans are the estimated 40 percent of the illegal immigrant population that arrived legally, then overstayed their visas. The extent of the overstay problem... Source
Jun 23, 2022 • 57min
Ukrainian Refugees: Report from the Front Lines
View Podcast Archive A panel discussion was held and sponsored jointly by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and the Hungarian Migration Research Institute (MRI), which examined the challenges posed by the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unleashed a deluge of refugees on Europe comparable in size only to the massive displacement of people at the end of World War II. Source
Jun 16, 2022 • 42min
Understanding Immigration Detention
View Podcast Archive Within the next three weeks, the Supreme Court of the United States will issue an opinion in Biden v. Texas, which involves the administration’s termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), better known as “Remain in Mexico”. The Court will decide if there are limits on the administration’s authority to ignore explicit congressional mandates in allowing foreign... Source
Jun 9, 2022 • 36min
Fraud in the U.S. Student Visa Program?
View Podcast Archive Allegations in a recent whistleblower lawsuit raise serious questions about the extent of fraud in the foreign student program and the ability of the federal government to provide proper oversight. More than 15,000 school campuses in the United States host more than 1.2 million foreign students. All of these schools are certified by a division within U.S. Source
